"J.V." <jvsrvcs@gmail.com> writes:
> for tmp_var in select distinct(value) from mytable where
> value2='literal'
> tmp_var has to be in ' ' ticks or will not work. it is failing on the
> first FOR statment stating: "invalid input syntax for integer:
> "some_distinct_value".
Um, how do you have tmp_var declared? plpgsql seems to be acting
as though it's an integer variable, which is not what you need if
"value" is a varchar.
regards, tom lane
